A protester guards a barricade in Kiev, Ukraine. Ukraine's justice minister is threatening to call for a state of emergency unless protesters leave her ministry building, which they occupied during the night. The seizure of the building early Monday underlined how anti-government demonstrators are increasingly willing to take dramatic action as they push for the president's resignation and other concessions.

In St. Petersburg, Russia, a soldier looks on during a parade marking the 70th anniversary of the battle that lifted the Siege of Leningrad. The Nazi German and Finnish siege and blockade of Leningrad, now known as St. Petersburg, was broken on Jan. 18, 1943, but finally lifted Jan. 27, 1944. More than 1 million people died, mostly from starvation, during the 900-day siege.

A resident throws a stone at policemen during a demolition operation in a squatters area in Manila. The government wants to redevelop the area into a business district in a joint venture with a private firm.

Indian Border Security Force Dog Squad personnel take part in a march during Republic Day celebrations in Jammu. India celebrated its 65th Republic Day with a large military parade in the capital of New Delhi and with similar events across the country.

A male lion in Nairobi National Park in Kenya looks out over the savannah at dusk prior to being shot with a tranquilizer dart. A team led by the Kenya Wildlife Service then fit the lion with a GPS-tracking collar.

A team led by the Kenya Wildlife Service takes measurements of a tranquilized male lion's teeth while preparing to fit the creature with a GPS-tracking collar in Nairobi National Park in Kenya. Kenyan wildlife authorities are fitting livestock-raiding lions with collars that alert rangers by text message when the predators venture out of the national park, enabling the rangers to quickly move to the areas where the lions have encroached and return the animals to the park.

Pictures in the News | January 27, 2014

Monday’s Pictures in the News begins in Southern California, where Macklemore & Ryan Lewis won big in their Grammys debut. The independent rap group landed four of the seven major categories in which they were nominated, triumphing over more established hip-hop superstars, including Jay Z, Drake and Kanye West. More photos

Oswiecim, Poland: Holocaust survivors arrive for a ceremony to mark the 69th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz Nazi death camp.

Kiev, Ukraine; Ukraine’s justice minister is threatening to call for a state of emergency unless protesters leave her ministry building, which they occupied during the night. The seizure of the building early Monday underlined how anti-government demonstrators are increasingly willing to take dramatic action as they push for the president’s resignation and other concessions. More photos

St.Petersburg, Russia: A soldier looks on during a parade marking the 70th anniversary of the battle that lifted the Siege of Leningrad.

Manila, Philippines: A resident throws a stone at policemen during a demolition operation in a squatters area. The government wants to redevelop the area into a business district in a joint venture with a private firm.